FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 246 PM CST TUE DEC 01 2009
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/
THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA AND GEORGIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN FLORIDA...BAY...
CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...GADSDEN...GULF...
HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LEON...
LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN GEORGIA...BAKER...
CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...DECATUR...DOUGHERTY...EARLY...
GRADY...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...
SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS AND WORTH.
* FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT
* HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A
STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE HEAVIEST WEST OF A
LINE FROM ALBANY TO TALLAHASSEE AND PANAMA CITY. IN THESE
LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
FURTHER EAST...ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA BIG BEND...LESSER AMOUNTS OF LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL OCCURRING DURING
WEDNESDAY.
* AS SOME OF THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING IN
URBANIZED OR POORLY DRAINING AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AS A SQUALL
LINE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH
COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBANIZED OR LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA THAT IS FLOODED. THE DEPTH OF
THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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BLOCK/M BARRY/MROCZKA
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